1. (

• gaze ,
• stare

) look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" ;

2. (

• stare

) fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly" ;

1. (

• agaze ,
• staring

) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" ;

2. (

• arrant ,
• complete ,
• consummate ,
• double-dyed ,
• everlasting ,
• gross ,
• perfect ,
• pure ,
• sodding ,
• stark ,
• staring ,
• thorough ,
• thoroughgoing ,
• utter ,
• unadulterated

) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" ;